Rome by tram

My wife and I spent the weekend in Rome. On Friday we got around by walking and on Saturday we walked even more, but on Sunday morning we sampled public transport. For a mere one euro you can buy a ticket that allows you to make as many bus or tram journeys as you like, plus (intriguingly) a single metro ride, within 75 minutes of buying it. London's Lib Dems have been proposing a one hour bus ticket . I can see the advantages. The metro was bleak and spare (at least the section we rode on) and the ancient trams were rickety. They were fun, though, and the value was amazing . For a resident, the annual travel card is a steal too. On one tram we met a trainee priest from India who showed us his: it looks like a credit card and for 150 euros it covers everything. I'm told there are drawbacks, though. "Rome's public transport is incredibly cheap but incredibly crowded and permanently on the brink of bankruptcy," says a sage at TfL. It's all a question of balance, I suppose.